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'Six Feet Under' actor joins 'CBGB' movie cast in Savannah

Freddy Rodriguez has joined the cast of movie "CBGB" in Savannah.

With cameras set to roll next week at Savannah's Meddin Studios, rock flick "CBGB" has filled two more holes in its cast.

Freddy Rodriguez will play a junkie who frequented the iconic punk club on New York's Bowery and has a key role in the film that stars acclaimed English actor Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal, CBGB's founder. Rodriguez received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Emmy nom for his work on the hit HBO series "Six Feet Under" and starred in the 2007 grindhouse pic "Planet Terror," among other roles.

Also added to the "CBGB" cast is Ryan Hurst ("Sons of Anarchy," "Remember the Titans"), who'll play a biker who provides personal protection to Rickman's character.

Other big-name stars already aboard include Ashley Greene, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha, Johnny Galecki and Rupert Grint. But more than half the movie's cast will be made up of local actors, including several students from the Savannah College of Art and Design, said Jody Savin, producer and co-writer.

The biopic is utilizing a stockpile of original props -- including a 12-foot section of the bar and the club's toilets and front doors -- to recreate CBGB in the studio on Louisville Road.